Something quite disturbing occurred to me recently while checking the weather on my iPhone and it wasn’t the usual disappointing forecast for Melbourne for once! Instead, I found myself initially lost in admiration for how far this device has come since Alexander Bell revolutionised communication in the mid 1870’s with the invention of the first telephone. The iPhone is impressive, that is a fact and is largely uncontested…But revolutionary? Hardly! It is after all, merely an improvement on something created in a time long forgotten. I became more alarmed when I realised that this is a reoccurring theme in our generation, where ideas that formed our political and social landscape are now just being regurgitated and presented to us shinier and in a wider range of colours. I racked my brain trying to think of the last time something radical was implemented in our lives, and all I could come up with was a headache.
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Is anyone else out there getting angry with Apple Inc.?
Because I am LIVID, OK maybe not livid, but more than a little ruffled at least.
I am not angry about the degradation that such advanced technologies have had on society and traditional forms of communication. I’m not even angry about the negative impact that new technologies have on adolescents’ sense of ‘rights’ when it comes to access to multiple media types.
No, I’m not angry because I am after all, part of the generation that can identify with and value the positive influences of technological advancement. What I am angry about is that Apple with its cool creativity and endless innovation, have created a monopoly in every arena they have chosen to enter. Then in true monopoly fashion they’ve bought up the street and placed hotels on every corner so that no one can ‘pass go and collect $200.’ Read more…
As long as the tabloid media has functioned the public have been exposed, or arguably subjected to farcical and ridiculous journalism. Newspapers and Magazines that justify themselves as ‘flirting’ with the truth are best sellers, especially in the UK and USA. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this flirting is in vain, and I have a better chance flirting with Jennifer Hawkins. However, there is a suggestion of a more inquisitive nature exhibited by the next generation of consumers.
Advances in technology have given us more accessibility to news and increased our desire for information that carries certain levels of integrity. This not only applies to politics and current affairs, it is also relevant to celebrity and sport journalism. This is all the more relevant seen in a slight (but informative) decline/saturation in tabloid newspaper and gossip magazine sales in recent times.
An irony for tabloid journalists is that while it has never been more difficult to pin down the world’s brightest stars and write anything vaguely interesting about them, along comes Twitter and all of a sudden they are splattering every minute of their lives across the internet for all to see. The irony then reaches out and slaps journalists in the face: celebrities are letting things slip they would never in a million years reveal in a controlled interview situation, and would never be uncovered by the most thorough of journalists.
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I can already feel the thoughts of apprehension from readers as they scan the title of this blog. DO NOT BE ALARMED! It will not be as provocative or suggestive as the title’s potential allows it to be.
When youngsters are asked what they want to be when they grow up… You are likely to hear aspirations of being a lawyer, glamorised in movies portraying unrealistic courtroom dramas… “You can’t handle the truth!” You are also more likely to hear about dreams of becoming a doctor, in the hope to one day emulate the drama that unfolds on ‘ER’ or ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’
Unfortunately, you are not likely to find a member of Generation Y fantasising about becoming a .Net programmer. IT jobs have not been romanticised in the media as a dramatic and exhilarating professions. This is in complete contrast to the slick-talking, supercilious lawyer who by day acts as an upholder of justice, and by night lives the playboy life of a movie-star. Moreover, you are unlikely to find television programmes with George Clooney, the handsome Old age pensioner, playing the part of a data analyst. Instead, you will find him working in a hospital struggling with his own personal complexities, maintaining a saucy relationship with a nurse, while at the same time saving patients seconds before they flat-line. Read more…
Something quite disturbing occurred to me recently while checking the weather on my iPhone and it wasn’t the usual disappointing forecast for Melbourne for once! Instead, I found myself initially lost in admiration for how far this device has come since Alexander Bell revolutionised communication in the mid 1870’s with the invention of the first telephone. The iPhone is impressive, that is a fact and is largely uncontested…But revolutionary? Hardly! It is after all, merely an improvement on something created in a time long forgotten. I became more alarmed when I realised that this is a reoccurring theme in our generation, where ideas that formed our political and social landscape are now just being regurgitated and presented to us shinier and in a wider range of colours. I racked my brain trying to think of the last time something radical was implemented in our lives, and all I could come up with was a headache.
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